Improvement in device for catching and holding hogs



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To all whom e't 'may concern Be it known that we, FREDERICK Voss, J onsv P. J-HAX, and HENRY-Kane., .(JfvSt. Joseph, in -the FREDERICK VOSS, vJOHN lP. HAX, AND HENRY KRUG, OF ST. JOSEPH, MIS- SOURI.

Letters Patent No. 107,312,

dated September 13, 1870.

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count-y of Buchanan and Stateof Missouri, have invented a new and useful Device for Catching and Holding Hogs; and-we do hereby declare thatthe [following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,

sufiicient to enable those skilled in the art to which our invention appertains'to make and use the same," reference heilig had to the accompanying drawingvr making part ot' this speciiieatiomnnd tothe letters and figures marked thereon.

' lhe nature o f our invention consists inthe peculiar construction, arrangemenn@ and operatioha de- 'ivice for catching, holding, and suspending hogs, pre- ;paratory to slaughtering, as hereinafter particularly described. ,y .l

' The device consists of two claw's, A B, pivoted tofgether, as shown in iig. 2, and operated by means of a' roth-O, as shown in lig. 1.

.The lower ends of' the claws are curved, so that,

,when they come together, they will readily grasp the leg of-auanimal, as shown in lig. 1.` y

lhc upper end of the shank of the jaw A is bei at about a right angle, and perforated to admit of the rod C passing freely through it.

The jaw B is considerably shorter than the jaw A. At the outer sideof its curved portion is formed an eye, b, to which a rope or chain may be fastened. At the upper end of its shank is a perforation for attachment of the rod 0.

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Therod C )is formed witha hook on itsy lower end, which passes through the perforation in the shank o i' thejaw B', and is properly secured. y

The upper portion of the rod O passes through and y slides freely iu the perforation in the upper endi ot the jaw A, and on its upper end is attached ya swiveleye, D, bywhieh it may be hung upon a hook or attached to a rope orehain. y g

The. shank of the jaw A is held in one hand and the rod (lin the other,4 when the jaws are' .easily opened and closed, at the pleasure of the operator.'

When the leg of a hog is grasped the rodgG is drawn backward, the swivel-eye D attached tothe rope or chail-rwhioh passes around the windlass, and the animal is suspended, as shown in fig.,1.

1f it is -desired to release the. auiinalwithout lower i ing the jaws, by pulling on a rope or chain attached What weclaixu as new, and desire to secure by Letrlhe combination of the perforated jaw A, the jaw B, formed with vthe eye 1;,an'd 'the rod C, provided with the swiveleye D; when constructed, arranged, and operating as herein shown and described. rllhe above specification signed by us this 8th day of J'une, 1870.

FR. VOSS. J'. P. HAX. Witnesses:

i-IENRY KRUGQ AUG. SCHMIDT, linnn.v THAUTE. 

